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Maine governor cuts Medicaid, rejects federal funding offer

By the end of the year, more than 44,000 Mainers, 13 percent of those enrolled, will be dropped from the subsidized insurance program.

Boston Celtics forward Chris Wlcox, right, drove around Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic, left, of Slovenia, in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013.

Celtics 113, Suns 88

Celtics trample Suns

Even with Kevin Garnett given the night off, the shorthanded Celtics crushed Phoenix in a no-doubt, wire-to-wire win.

Pistorius released on bail

Oscar Pistorius walked out of court Friday — free at least for now — after a South African magistrate released him on bail.

Caroline Saba, 22, pointed to her cousin, Nathaniel Fujita, during his murder trial in Woburn.

Fujita said police won’t find a weapon, cousin says

The Wayland man called his cousin the night of his ex-girlfriend’s killing and asked to hang out, according to today’s testimony.

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Lights, cameras, the world: movies that take us places

Head to New York or Chicago, or to Italy, France, Kenya, and beyond in these films that take us away.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/5c12bf8459e94e768dfd7eac84cebb27-fe6e8a21667a33062a0f6a706700283d-1941.jpg A guide to the Oscars

Looking for a last-minute screening or a crib sheet for your Academy Awards pool? Read the Globe’s review of the film, and view any related videos.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/fenwaynuns022213.jpg What American nuns built

Both the nation and the Church have depended on the energy and expertise of nuns. They’re vanishing. Now what?

Dan Brady, area director and investigator for the Doe Network, a Web-based group of amateur sleuths who try to identify unidentified bodies by checking databases for identifying marks and scouring newspaper accounts of missing persons.

Web sleuths help solve cold cases

The Internet has sparked a growing army of volunteers who are helping bring closure to families and spurring law enforcement to reopen the most frigid of cold cases.

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The Justice Department is joining a suit against Lance Armstrong, left.

Justice Dept. joins fraud suit vs. Lance Armstrong

The suit alleges the disgraced cyclist concealed his use of performance-enhancing drugs for over a decade and defrauded his long-time sponsor, the U.S. Postal Service.